Executive Recruiting Leader

StandardAero, Inc.; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

StandardAero, Inc. is seeking an Executive Recruiting Leader to drive the enterprise-wide executive talent strategy, lead high-impact searches, and build a best-in-class internal capability.

This leader will partner directly with the CEO and ELT, shaping processes, tools, and pipelines while delivering trusted advisory support to senior leadership. The role requires a hands-on executive search professional with business acumen and an entrepreneurial mindset to establish scalable, sustainable

Qualifications

• 7+ years of executive search experience within the Aviation / Aerospace industry.
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle executive searches for ELT, SLT, and other critical senior leadership positions across all business sectors and corporate functions.
• Partner with the CEO, CHRO, and senior leaders to understand business priorities, define leadership requirements, and develop effective search strategies.
• Build and establish StandardAero's executive recruiting function, including its operating model, processes, tools, assessment practices, and reporting.
• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies through talent mapping, competitive intelligence, networking, and direct engagement with executive talent.
• Build long-term external leadership pipelines to support anticipated hiring needs and succession planning.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor, providing senior leaders with market intelligence, candidate assessments, and strategic recommendations.
• Lead executive candidate evaluation, selection, and offer negotiations in partnership with senior stakeholders.
• Establish consistent executive recruiting standards that deliver an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Manage external executive search firm relationships while expanding internal search capabilities and reducing reliance on external partners.
• Establish measures of executive recruiting effectiveness and continuously evolve the function to support business growth and changing leadership needs.

Skills

Executive search

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Talent mapping

Sourcing strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Build an Aviation Career You're Proud Of

At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to solve some of the most complex challenges in aviation. Our stability, resources, and collaborative culture provide the foundation to build a meaningful career with a global team you can count on.

Position Summary

The Executive Recruiting Leader will lead executive recruiting for StandardAero's most senior and business-critical leadership positions while building and establishing a dedicated executive recruiting function for the enterprise.

Partnering directly with the CEO, Executive Leadership Team (ELT), Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and Human Resources leadership, this individual will personally execute high-impact executive searches while developing the strategy, processes, tools, and talent pipelines needed to create a sustainable internal executive search capability.

This highly visible role requires a hands-on executive search professional with the business acumen, executive presence, and entrepreneurial mindset to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership while building a best-in-class executive recruiting function.

What You'll Do

• Lead full-cycle executive searches for ELT, SLT, and other critical senior leadership positions across all business sectors and corporate functions.
• Partner with the CEO, CHRO, and senior leaders to understand business priorities, define leadership requirements, and develop effective search strategies.
• Build and establish StandardAero's executive recruiting function, including its operating model, processes, tools, assessment practices, and reporting.
• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies through talent mapping, competitive intelligence, networking, and direct engagement with executive talent.
• Build long-term external leadership pipelines to support anticipated hiring needs and succession planning.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor, providing senior leaders with market intelligence, candidate assessments, and strategic recommendations.
• Lead executive candidate evaluation, selection, and offer negotiations in partnership with senior stakeholders.
• Establish consistent executive recruiting standards that deliver an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Manage external executive search firm relationships while expanding internal search capabilities and reducing reliance on external partners.
• Establish measures of executive recruiting effectiveness and continuously evolve the function to support business growth and changing leadership needs.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of executive search experience within the Aviation / Aerospace industry.
• Bachelor's degree

Desired Characteristics

• Experience building, leading, or transforming executive recruiting functions or capabilities, ideally within a complex global organization.
• Exceptional executive presence and the ability to influence and advise CEOs, CHROs, and senior business leaders.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate organizational strategy into executive talent requirements.
• Advanced executive sourcing, talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and assessment capabilities.
• Proven ability to engage and build relationships with highly sought-after passive executive talent.
• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to balance hands-on recruiting with building scalable processes and capabilities.
• Excellent communication, relationship management, judgment, and discretion.